[kictanet] Broadcast/Media Section:-What are the good Aspects?-1day

[John Walubengo]

Folks,

I know alot has been shared.  But no harm reminding us what is good about this Act - under the Broadcast/Media section. My assumption is members have had a chance to go through the enacted amendments - I must admit it is  not easy - one must have the relevant Policy, Bill and the Amended Act together.

However, one easy thing I noted is the bit about the Programming Code - something that tries to regulate what is broadcasted on Radio, TV and on Internet ( the .ke internet I presume). I find this might be a good point to try and bring sanity in terms of reducing the current pornographic bias on our airwaves.

What do the others feel? Particularly those stakeholders whom am informed are just be coming out of the 1st Consultative Meeting at Serena Hotel this morning? (which incidentally shall reconvene on Thrs 15th Jan 2009 at 11am) 

Any comments?
walu.


--- On Mon, 1/12/09, John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [kictanet] Online Discussion- Broadcast/Media Section:-What are the good Aspects?-1day
> To: jwalu at yahoo.com
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 9:11 AM
> Kenya Communicatoin Ammendment Act –Online Discussion.
> 
> Outline Description
> The Kenyan Government has enacted the Kenya  Information
> and Communication Amendment Act (2009) - popularly known as
> the ICT Bill/Media Bill and KICTAnet invites comments on the
> same.  Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a
> multi-stakeholder forum that aims to enhance collaboration
> between 
> various Government,  Private Sector, Civil Society,
> Academia and others interested in harnessing ICT for
> development. 
> 
> Program Setting & Description:
> The Act has the following major categories and shall be
> discussed as outlined below:
> i)	Broadcasting & Media(3days)
> ii)	Information Technology (2days)
> iii)	Telecommunication & Radio (2days)
> iv)	Postal (1day)
> v)	Academia & Socio-Cultural (implied within
> text)-2days
> 
> Members shall analyse the Act over a period of two weeks
> and submit their findings for subsequent consideration to
> the Ministry of Information and Communication.
> 
> 
> Aim:  To understand the implications of the Act and make
> recommendations for improvement.
> 
> Objective
> 1.	To identify and list the possible gaps, amendments and
> additions within the Kenya Communication Ammendment Act 
> 
> Main Outcomes/Deliverables
> 1.	Participants contributions as captured and stored within
> the Online Environment
> 2.	Summarised  contributions in terms of Action-Items (add,
> amend, delete) 
> 3.	Face-2-face workshop and Presentation to the ministry.
> 
> Kick off today by inviting comments on the good aspects
> within the Broadcasting sections. Tomorrow we review the bad
> and make suggestions for amemdments improvements on
> Wednesday. Floor is open.
> 
> 
> walu.
> 
> 
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